The first in a stunning new series, The Cousins,s War, is set amid the tumults and intrigue of the Wars of the Roses. Internationally bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings this extraordinary family drama to vivid life through its women - beginning with Elizabeth Wooville, the White Queen.
Elizabeth Woodville, of the House of Lancaster, is widwowed when her husband is killed in battle. Aided and abetted by the raw ambition and witchcraft skills of her mother Jacquetta, Elizabeth seduces and marries, in secret, reigning king Edward IV of the family of the white rose, the House of York. As long as there are other claimants to Edward,s throne, the profound rivairies between the two families will never be laid to rest. Violent conflict, shocking betrayal and murder dominate Elizabeth,s life as Queen of England, passionate wife of Edward and devoted mother of their children.
In The White Queen Philippa Gregory brilliantly evokes the life of a common woman who ascends to royaltly by virtue of her beauty, a woman who rises to the demands of her position and fights tenaciously for the survival of her family, a woman whose two sons become the central figures in a mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the Princes in the Tower whose fate remains unknown to this day. From her uniquely qualified perspective, she explores this most famous unsolved mystery, informed by impeccable research and framed by her inimitable storytelling skills.